DAY BY DAY.

Colonist, Volume LXII, Issue 15307, 21 February 1920, Page 4

DAY BY DAY.

We had forgotten wireless. In spite of I a scientific environment which becomes more formidable month by month, we had overlooked the fact that we would hear from the Samoan expedition by this ultra-modern means of communication. Apparently w& may look for a daily message. As our American visitors would say—if an English author were to put them in a book—"this is real nice." One of the cardinal rules of the efficient advertiser is, "Not- a day without a line." Applied to our investigators now a/broau in the Pacific., it serves a good purpose. The despatches will not be prolific, and Sir James Allen's influence—censorship is now an obsolete word—will ensure that they are discreet. So we may follow the diurnal experiences of the legislative party, so far as they are of puiblic concern. We shall be able in point of time to keep close to their path, and not have to wait for tedious mail advices to tell us what th-y have been doing. It is a striking illustration of ho v well science and invention are serving us. Some have been reluctant in agreeing to the visit to the Islands; some still are against it, as they are against most tilings; but all want to know about it. Per radio, we have those who are making it immediately in our ken. Yes, for tlie moment, we had forgotten, wire-

less.